Publication Date
c. 1450
Type
Document
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
213 mm x 73 mm x 12 mm (height x width x depth)
Library
Chester Beatty
Record ID
Per 159
Library Location
Persian collection
Date
c. 1450
Notes
Anthology (Dīvān) of Persian Poetry. This slim volume is designed to be held and carried with ease: the book contains a selection of verses by six different poets, written in fine calligraphy. The border designs show pairs of birds and angels, set against stencilled climbing plants. Codex in safina format, ink, colours and gold on paper, 61 folios, Persian text in nasta`liq script, headings in gold thuluth script, borders with stencilled and painted designs, Anthology (Dīvān) of poetry by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (d. 1273), Farīd-al-dīn ʿAṭṭār (d. 1221), Amir Khusrau Dihlavi (d. 1325), `Ubayd Zākānī (d. 1371), Ḥāfeẓ (d. 1390), and Khayāli (d. c.1446, Bukhara), incomplete, unsigned, Iran, undated, c. 1450.
Materyal
Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı
Codex
Yazı Tipi
Nasta'liq script, Thuluth script
